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<blockquote data-quote="Moneythehardway" data-source="post: 3746851" data-attributes="member: 18136"><p>First, As I said before, some of these things should be negotiated before part timers should be forced to vote it down in the first place. $8.50 starting rate all the way until 2013 when they finally moved it up to $10? This isn't something the union should know to bump up even without part timer participation, are you serious? This 'raise' in part time starting rate this go around HAD to go up, the union didn't have negotiate it. Looks more like something UPS put in there as they know they were having trouble hiring for less, it HAD to go up as minimum wages will be long past $10 an hour before this contract is up in many states, so no union negotiations needed, they just take credit for it, we're smarter than that.</p><p></p><p>Whether you know it or not, a lot of part timers don't know anything about the union because they are not informed, hell some might not know they are even in a union. You forget the turnover rate for part timers is sky high meaning half of them aren't here long enough to even care about a vote let alone here long enough to get ballots in the mail. So 70% of the workforce is part timers but if you minus non-union members and minus the revolving door crowd it is Way less. I bet if you count Part timers with at least 5 years in and only UNION members its less than 50% of the part time workforce able to vote. So there goes that majority vote.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, I sure wish the union would send the membership mailers and put as much effort into informing the membership of union rights (grievance protection, all the benefits offered , union rights) with the same effort they're sending out millions of yes mailers. Than maybe they will be <u>more informed</u>, more alert and more privy to vote. Thats if the union would put this same effort their doing now with this yes propaganda into sending new union members real info really teaching the new guys the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneythehardway, post: 3746851, member: 18136"] First, As I said before, some of these things should be negotiated before part timers should be forced to vote it down in the first place. $8.50 starting rate all the way until 2013 when they finally moved it up to $10? This isn't something the union should know to bump up even without part timer participation, are you serious? This 'raise' in part time starting rate this go around HAD to go up, the union didn't have negotiate it. Looks more like something UPS put in there as they know they were having trouble hiring for less, it HAD to go up as minimum wages will be long past $10 an hour before this contract is up in many states, so no union negotiations needed, they just take credit for it, we're smarter than that. Whether you know it or not, a lot of part timers don't know anything about the union because they are not informed, hell some might not know they are even in a union. You forget the turnover rate for part timers is sky high meaning half of them aren't here long enough to even care about a vote let alone here long enough to get ballots in the mail. So 70% of the workforce is part timers but if you minus non-union members and minus the revolving door crowd it is Way less. I bet if you count Part timers with at least 5 years in and only UNION members its less than 50% of the part time workforce able to vote. So there goes that majority vote. Secondly, I sure wish the union would send the membership mailers and put as much effort into informing the membership of union rights (grievance protection, all the benefits offered , union rights) with the same effort they're sending out millions of yes mailers. Than maybe they will be [U]more informed[/U], more alert and more privy to vote. Thats if the union would put this same effort their doing now with this yes propaganda into sending new union members real info really teaching the new guys the way. [/QUOTE]
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